Person:John Witherspoon (8)
John Witherspoon
b.5 Feb 1723 Gifford, East Lothian, , Scotland
d.15 Nov 1794 Princeton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States
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  1. John Witherspoon1723 - 1794
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  • H.  John Witherspoon1723 - 1794
m. Abt 1745
  1. Ann Witherspoon1749 - 1817
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Facts and Events
Name John Witherspoon
Gender Male
Birth[1] 5 Feb 1723 Gifford, East Lothian, , Scotland
Marriage Abt 1745 Beith, Ayrshire, Scotlandto Unknown
Death[1] 15 Nov 1794 Princeton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States

John Witherspoon (February 15, 1723 – November 15, 1794) was a signatory of the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of New Jersey. As president of the College of New Jersey (1768-94),(now Princeton University) he was both the only active clergyman and college president to sign the Declaration. (S3)

Signers of U.S. Declaration of Independence
John Adams • Samuel Adams • Josiah Bartlett • Carter Braxton • Charles Carroll • Samuel Chase • Abraham Clark • George Clymer • William Ellery • William Floyd • Ben Franklin • Elbridge Gerry • Button Gwinnett • Lyman Hall • John Hancock • Benjamin Harrison • John Hart • Joseph Hewes • Thomas Heyward • William Hooper • Stephen Hopkins • Francis Hopkinson • Samuel Huntington • Thomas Jefferson • Francis Lightfoot Lee • Richard Henry Lee • Francis Lewis • Philip Livingston • Thomas Lynch • Thomas McKean • Arthur Middleton • Lewis Morris • Robert Morris • John Morton • Thomas Nelson, Jr. • William Paca • Robert Treat Paine • John Penn • George Read • Caesar Rodney • George Ross • Benjamin Rush • Edward Rutledge • Roger Sherman • James Smith • Richard Stockton • Thomas Stone • George Taylor • Matthew Thornton • George Walton • William Whipple • William Williams • James Wilson • John Witherspoon • Oliver Wolcott • George Wythe

References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Barghouti, Kim, comp. Handy Book of American Authors, 1907. (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.Original data - Louis Harmon Peet. Handy Book of Ame).

    Birth date: February 5, 1722, Gifford, ScotlandBirth place: Death date: September 15, 1794, Death place: Near Princeton, New Jersey

    http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=handybkaa&h=921&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

  2.   Ancestry Family Trees. (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.)
    Ancestry Family Trees.

    http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=16306054&pid=361941821

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    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Witherspoon

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